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United States Patent | 6,168,103 |
Agostinelli ,   et al. | January 2, 2001 |
An apparatus for processing articles such as types that include a metal reinforcement embedded in a rubber-based material. The apparatus continuously and sequentially disintegrates the rubber-based material in order to separate it from the metal reinforcement and forms a powder consisting of a mixture of rubber and metal or fabric particles.
Inventors: | Agostinelli; Sanzio (5 Chemin du Bessy, F-42150 LaRicamarie, FR); Dasilva; Daniel (Vielle Brioude, F-43100 Brioude, FR) |
Assignee: | Agostinelli; Sanzio (FR); DaSilva; Daniel (FR); Perrin; Bruno (FR); Perrin; Daniel (FR) |
Appl. No.: | 051681 |
Filed: | April 16, 1998 |
PCT Filed: | October 24, 1995 |
PCT NO: | PCT/FR95/01408 |
371 Date: | April 16, 1998 |
102(e) Date: | April 16, 1998 |
PCT PUB.NO.: | WO97/15397 |
PCT PUB. Date: | May 1, 1997 |
Current U.S. Class: | 241/159; 241/DIG.31 |
Intern'l Class: | B02C 019/12 |
Field of Search: | 241/DIG. 31,159 |
264055 | Dec., 1882 | Angell | 241/159. |
5234171 | Aug., 1993 | Fantacci | 241/DIG. |
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